Profile of Justice Douglas E. Swager
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Court: California Court of Appeal, First District, Division One
Appointed by: Governor Wilson, 1996
Born: February 27, 1945 in Richmond, California
Education: BS, UC Berkeley 1966; JD, Hastings 1969
Law Practice: Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorney
(197-073); Private practice in Richmond (1973-85)
Judicial Appointments: Contra Costa Municipal Court (1985-87);
Contra Costa County Superior Court (1987-96); First District Court of Appeal
(1996-present)
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Comments from Visitors to the Appellate Counsellor Home Page:
- Lloyd Heldris (8/30/98)
- Judge Swager committed Judicial Malfeasance in June 1993, when he placed my mother in a
LPS Conservatship, without my mother or any witness pursuant to Probate Code 1812 being
present. These witnesses 13 in number were never informed of the Conservatorship
hearing as prescribe by statue. Judge Swager still proceeded with the
conservatorship hearing against
statue with no witnesses, or even the proposed conservatee present. There was no need for
a conservatorship hearing due to a Durable power of Attorney signed in 1991. My brother
and I had retained through the referral of the Contra Costa County Bar Association the
legal representatation of Frank Bray, a Martinez Attorney, who told me and my brother he
would file an action to quash the conservatorship hearing due to the number of children
and siblings and the Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care. Bray should still
have a copy of this Advanced Directive and it was also mentioned in the Court
Investigators Report. Judge Swager dismissed Bray, and proceeded to place my mother Mrs
Gladys Heldris in to a Conservatorship which has lasted six years. Pursuant to Welfare and
Institutions Code 5361, an LPS conservatorship automatically expires after 12 months. Even
though Judge Swager proceed without the proposed Conservatee and without any witnesses, I
was told by his court reporter, that there were no transcripts available when I tried to
appeal this bogus conservatorship, and then I was told by the court reporter that the
transcript was lost. I was arrested by Judge Swager, because I had not provided the deeds
to my mother's home, when I went into his court room. I have also filed two writs of
Habeas Corpus for my mother's illegal restraint in Santa Clara County Superior Court.
These Habeas Corpuses were filed 14 months apart and then transferred by different Santa
Clara County Judges to Contra Costa County Superior Court Against my objections where upon
these Writs of Habeas Corpuses, filed 14 months apart became "lost", they just
disappeared.
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